Jerry Lewis out as Muscular Dystrophy Association chairman Yesterday.

Lewis, 85, and MDA had announced in May that he was coy as entertain of the MDA Labor Day Telethon in September. But he said then in a account that he was planning to persist in to deal out as the organization's resident chairman. "As a labor of love, I've hosted the annual telethon since 1966," Lewis said in the tidings loose issued in May by the association.

"And I'll be making my fixed show on the show this year, by performing my signature song, 'You'll Never Walk Alone.'" Jim Brown, frailty president of blatant relations for the MDA, told CNN in a on the blower assessment that Lewis will not be replaced in his lines as country-wide chairman. He also said that Lewis will not manager this year's telethon, which is scheduled for September 4. Instead, it will be hosted by Nigel Lythgoe, Nancy O'Dell, Allison Sweeney and Jan Carl, Brown said. No signification was offered for the transform of plans -- either about his sentiment as inhabitant chairman or about the outline to refund him in next month's telethon.

For 45 years, Jerry Lewis and the organization's annual Labor Day fundraiser have been synonymous, so much so that it became known as the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon. Lewis hit it big at seniority 20 in 1946, teaming up with Dean Martin to become one of the most standard comedy partnerships in history. Together, they headlined thousands of sold-out performances, 16 hit movies and two dozen top-rated goggle-box shows. After the break-up of the Martin and Lewis team, Lewis made a fortunate alone career.

In 1959, he signed a seven-year, $10 million undertake with Paramount -- at the time, the largest condense ever between a studio and performer. His solitary mistiness dash included classics such as "The Nutty Professor," "The Bellboy" and "The Geisha Boy." Still, for several generations since, Lewis has been known as much as a humanitarian as a motion picture star. That's because of his stint with the Muscular Dystrophy Association, a nonprofit dedicated to curing that disease, ALS and common ailments as well as providing support, erudition and other services.

Lewis joined the cause in the inopportune 1950s, and he gave it prima donna electricity in 1966 when he became the landlord of what would be the charity's blue ribbon of many telethons over Labor Day weekends. In between infrequent songs, mirthful bits and invigorated pitches for commonalty to donate, his biggest dare was keeping the species show intense and friendly for as want as 21.5 consecutive hours.

Scores of boob tube stations across the rural area picked up the program, while volunteers stood by to place calls from populace pledging donations. The 2010 issue raised $58,919,838 after performances by the likes of acrobatic dancers from Cirque du Soleil, "American Idol's" David Archuleta, and a hotelman of comedic performers. Still, throughout the acts, the one faithful over 900 hours of programming has remained Lewis. This year's incident will be shorter than many of years olden times at six hours.

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